3rd Pregnancy Update: The Third Trimester
Third baby, third trimester. How did I even get here?
On one hand, I’m glad it’s over soon. The sound sleep I had during the second trimester is now a diiiiiistant memory. My lower back and tail bone hurts when I sit too long. It hurts when I stand. It hurts when I walk. It even hurts when I lay a certain way. So yeah, the heavy feeling is ON all the time. Also, my varicose veins are worse than ever! One day a woman stopped me on the street and asked me what was wrong with my legs. I pointed at my tummy and smiled at her. Yes woman, this is what pregnancy can do to you. Think twice before you procreate.
On the other hand, I love feeling the baby moves inside my tummy. I haven’t sung or had many monologues with baby numero tres and it’s almost time to say goodbye to this chapter of my life.
I don’t even know which fruit size he/she is now – I guess that’s the difference between first and subsequent pregnancies.
There are still lots to do before the big day. I’m about half way through my work to-do list, but I haven’t done any baby arrival prep.Firstly, I need to kick Lauren out of our room, so we can move the baby cot into our room. In order to do that, I’ve been psyching Lauren up about how fun it would be to sleep on a bunk bed and being in the same room with Georgia. I may have over-promised and in my excitement, I showed her photos like this one.
She would be sooooo disappointed.
If I’m feeling productive, I might even share the room makeover here on the blog. No promise though because ‘makeover’ could be an overstatement. Decorating is a huuuuuge undertaking for me. Huge! Because I don’t have any creative bones in my body.
Alas, we need to get rid of many things and buy some new furniture. Out with the old, in with the new. Luckily, we would get to save a bit of money using this coupon code site. They even have a home, garden and interior category.
I digress. Let’s get back to the pregnancy. I’m 59kg now, up 5kg from when we started. The baby is about 1.6kg, which is a good size at 31 weeks old. My cravings are gone and my pre-pregnancy eating habits are back. I don’t fancy main meals much. Instead, I snack throughout the day. Like non-stop grazing. And my guilty pleasure? Chocolates. And when I run out of chocolates, Milo powder straight from the can fills the void.
I had thalassemia earlier in this pregnancy. I’m not sure if it’s due to dengue, but my haemoglobin level dropped as the pregnancy progressed. I’ve been taking iron supplements and it seems to help. I had my blood tested during my last checkup and my blood count is normal again! So yay!
How are my kids taking it?
Lauren: I want a boy! Can we name it ‘pancake’?
Georgia: Baby in there? Tap tap! *Big slaps on my tummy. Ouch!*
Last but not least, Nick and I still don’t have a shortlist of names yet. Based to our track records, we leave it until the very last minute, but at least back then, we had a few names up our sleeves. This time, nothing. Na-da. So I would appreciate it if you could throw some good names into the comment box below. Boy and girl’s names are welcome!
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I love the name Tyler for a boy. I don’t know why but it just makes me think of a very down to earth, handsome boy. For girls I love the name Andrea. That’s why we named our daughter Andrea. We named our first son Josh though because it seemed to suit him more (we named him after he was born). Hope you can come up with a name that your family will love! 🙂
Thanks Vicky! I have a friend named Andrea. She is lovely – beautiful name for your daughter! Tyler and Josh are two of my favourite names for boys too! A friend of ours named their kids Lauren and Joshua, so if we name the boy Josh, our kids would have matching names!
I like names like Tyler, Cayden, Cody for boys. 🙂 Hang in there mummy! 2 more months!
Vivien ( Beautiful Chaos )
Thanks Vivien. My husband is favouring short names with 4 letters, 2 syllabus, so Cody might work!
I love the excitement of my #3 as my due date drove close.. we didn’t find out the baby’s gender, which I think adds on to the anticipation! Can’t wait to see the little bun on your blog.
When it comes to names… I like Ariel for girls and Gabriel for boys hehe
Thanks Jacqualine. Nice names. I realised I don’t even know your youngest’s name? Have you not blogged about him/her?
Oooh… I also have the love-hate relationship during pregnancy too! So excited for you on your #3. Names wise: Joey for girl and Joel for boy 🙂
Easy and short 😉
Your kids are so cute and looks like you’re all on top of things. Baby is gonna so look forward to the world! All the best!
Love it that the girls are so excited about #3!
I can feel and rejoice that pregnancy excitement & love with every pregnancy. Wish you all the best!
Whoa!! So much excitement and work to do at the same time…All the very best! All sure it will be smooth..
I miss being pregnant, esp feeling the bb’s movements <3 As for names, no fave for boys but i've always like the name Chloe..Hang in there & looking forward to seeing ur LO 😉
So so soon!!! Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy!!
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